Small town newspapers

As I was visiting my home town last weekend, I had a chance to read the local newspaper and must make mention of this helpful fact- small items that one would never expect, become part of the "news" that is reported. In my example, the fact that the public pay phone in the local police station was back in service made the front page, left hand column on the Saturday paper. Now if small details such as these are recorded, imagine how helpful the society or local news page will be for your genealogy research!